This study employs a synthetic panel approach based on nationally representative micro-level data to track poverty and income mobility in Malaysia in 2004–16. On aggregate, there were large reductions in chronic poverty and increases in persistent economic security, but those who remained poor in 2016 were increasingly likely to be poor in a structural sense. Further, the poverty and income dynamics differ notably across geographic dimensions. Such...
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2022/01/10
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Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики
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WPS9898
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1
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2022/01/10
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Disclosed
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The Interplay of Regional and Ethnic Inequalities in Malaysian Poverty Dynamics
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Poverty and Equity